welcome back, college football

this saturday marks the beginning of my favorite season of the year. college football. mainly b/c it marks the beginning of fall (cooler weather, thank god), family get togethers, chili parties, and lazy saturdays. my auburn tigers are ranked in the top ten right now. i don't have my hopes up too high, but it's pretty exciting. this sat. night they play washington state. anyone interested in a chili party?

from the book of common prayer

O God, whose days are numbered without end, and whose mercies cannot be numbered: Make us, we beseech thee, deeply sensible of the shortness and uncertainty of life; and let thy Holy Spirit lead us in holiness and righteousness all our days; that, when we shall have served thee in our generation, we may be gathered unto our fathers, having the testimony of a good conscience; in the confidence of a certain faith; in the comfort of a reasonable, religious, and holy hope; in favor with thee our God; and in perfect charity with the world. All which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

pop music

this is my new favorite cheesy song. i allow myself one every once and a while.

mcD's and SUVs

this summer mcdonald's is giving out hummers in their "boy" happy meals. pretty creepy. which is worse...a sketchy ham (or probably dog) burger with sugar coated french fries or encouraging our young ones towards gas guzzling vehicles? i think that the oil companies and arnold swarzennager have something to do with this. also, a clown is kind of a creepy mascot anyways. what ever happened to the hamburglar?

here is a link to letter written by the union of concerned scientists to donald thompson, chief operating officer, asking him to remove the hummers, that you can put your name on and send away. you do have to give them some info, but they'll send some pretty decent emails about the state of our earth.

evolution

the greatest show on earth

what is it about the circus? it was just in lexvegas this past weekend. we did not go. thank god. but would we have taken our kids? probably not. could it be because of the abundance of scary clowns playing in groups of 8, jumping in and out of cars and playing with fire? maybe. mostly i think it is because i never got that souvenir spinny light that i wanted as a child. the circus has always been a bust since then. man, i was such a brat (and still probably am).

is this picture scary or what?

more on organic milk

check this out...cornucopia institute. they "promote economic justice for family-scale farming". they are a group from wisconsin who are concerned with honesty in organics. this link is to a list of dairies rated from 5 "cows" (outstanding quality) to 1 "cow". there are some small farms i haven't heard of listed, but you'll also find organic valley, horizon, etc. very interesting.

alright!

my dream came true. today i saw a sign at the wendy's on alexandria saying that they have vanilla frostys! ho!